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A Beautiful Lie

A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master Author Bio: English author of Pakistani and Indian heritage. Are you the type who leafs past the prologue, eager to get on with the story?  Don’t do it!  Read the first line, only the … Continue reading

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Wanting Mor

Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan Author bio: Born in Pakistan and raised in Canada. Rukhsana Khan was nice enough to put together a Teacher Guide if you are interested in using this in the classroom. It is possible for a … Continue reading

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Homesick

Homesick by Jean Fritz Jean Fritz is the queen of historical biography (Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?, What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? and so many more) but her most personal effort is Homesick which tells of her … Continue reading

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Dumpling Days

Dumpling Days by Grace Lin This is the third book in the series that includes Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat. During summer break, Pacy and her family are headed to Taiwan, but Pacy’s not exactly overjoyed.  … Continue reading

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Silk Umbrellas

Noi’s family is suffering because demand for housing is destroying their agrarian way of life. Developers are buying up farm land in order to build vacation homes for city dwellers and foreigners. Noi’s father, who had always worked in the … Continue reading

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Revolution is Not a Dinner Party

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine This book was recommended to me by commenter Ali B. and was reviewed on her blog Literary Lunchbox recently. The daughter of two highly respected doctors, Ling is doted on … Continue reading

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The Dragon’s Child – A Story of Angel Island

Laurence Yep, who has written many children’s books about China and Chinese-Americans has carefully crafted a fictional account of his own father’s immigration to the US from China. Gim Lew Yep’s situation is an interesting one. His father was born … Continue reading

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